LAVRINENKO VALERIY IVANOVYCH Born on August 2, 1952 in the city of Oleksandria, Kirovohrad region, Ukraine.
Citizen of Ukraine.
Head of the scientific department No. 3 “Diamond-abrasive and physical-technical processing” of the Institute of Superhard Materials named after V.M. Bakul of the NAS of Ukraine.
In 1974 he graduated with honors from the Kirovograd Institute of Agricultural Machine Building (now – the city of Kropyvnytskyi).
Since 1974 he has been working at the Institute of Superhard Materials of the NAS of Ukraine – designer of the 3rd category (1974), designer of the 2nd category (1975), senior engineer (1977), junior research fellow (1980), research fellow (1984), senior research fellow (1986), leading research fellow (2000), head of the laboratory (2005), head of the department (since 2006).
Scientific secretary of the doctoral specialized scientific council of the NAS of Ukraine 26.230.01 at the Institute of Superhard Materials of the NAS of Ukraine.
The main scientific activity is aimed at developing effective technologies for high-performance and high-quality grinding of hard alloys, tool steels, cutting ceramics, and processing of single crystals. The main areas of scientific research are the search for ways to use the internal reserves of tool composites for a directed change in their operational properties, the search for positive effects that are characteristic of the conditions for introducing additional energy into the processing zone, and obtaining them without the introduction of such energy, thereby searching for energy-efficient processing methods.
Author of 660 published works, 83 inventions. He is the author and co-author of 15 monographs.
Awarded with the Institute’s awards – Honorary Bakuliv Diploma (2008, 2012), Honorary Diploma named after E.V. Ryzhov (2008), Honorary Bakuliv Medal (2013). Awarded the Gratitude of the Prime Minister of Ukraine (2011) for a significant personal contribution to the development of the scientific and technical sphere, many years of selfless work and high professionalism. Laureate of the G.V. Karpenko Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2017).
In 2017, he was awarded the title of “Inventor of the Year of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”.
In 2018, he was awarded the NAS of Ukraine Award “For the Preparation of Scientific Change”.
Contacts:
E-mail: lavrinenko@ism.kiev.ua